Zhen Hu

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Zhen Hu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Hu has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 47 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Zhen Hu's work include Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (24 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (22 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers). Zhen Hu is often cited by papers focused on Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (24 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (22 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers). Zhen Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Zhen Hu's co-authors include Yudong Huang, Chunhua Zhang, Xirong Xu, Xing Feng, Zhanhu Guo, Md. Monarul Islam, Fei Lu, Carl Redshaw, Dayu Zhang and Qingsong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Hu

144 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications

2019 291 citations Md. Monarul Islam, Zhen Hu et al. Materials Chemistry Frontiers profile →

Peers

Zhen Hu

Qinghua Lu China

Matej Mičušík Slovakia

Xiaojie Li China

Haksoo Han South Korea

Rui Huang China

Jem-Kun Chen Taiwan

Lizong Dai China

Liang Gao China

Ling Zhang China

Chenyang Liu China

Qinghua Lu China

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Citations per year, relative to Zhen Hu Zhen Hu (= 1×) peers Qinghua Lu

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhen Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhen Hu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhen Hu. Zhen Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Baolong, et al.. (2025). Waste-free recycling of multifunctional epoxy resins and carbon fiber composites enabled by dynamic aminal bonds. Composites Science and Technology. 267. 111204–111204. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity effects of bisphenol A and its substitute, fluorene-9-bisphenol, on intestinal homeostasis. Environment International. 191. 108948–108948. 3 indexed citations

Hu, Zhen, Jingchun Huang, Junwen Wang, Zhenqi Wang, & Yu Qiao. (2024). Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for hydrochar valorization: Role of feedwater pH on sulfur removal and transformation. Fuel. 377. 132813–132813. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Jingchun, et al.. (2024). Sodium salt enhanced self-sustaining smouldering performance of food waste: Key role of sodium and its redistribution. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114923–114923.

Hu, Xiaojin, Huimin Xie, Bo Sun, et al.. (2024). Enhancing emerging pollutant removal mediated by root iron plaques: Integrated abiotic and biotic effects. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 485. 136900–136900. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yueshan, Da Li, Weihao Yuan, Yibo Shen, & Zhen Hu. (2024). Construction of a Dynamic Ultrastretchable Epoxy Network Based on Chemical–Physical Cross-Linking Transformation. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6(22). 13819–13827. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yueshan, Weihao Yuan, Fei Lu, et al.. (2024). Conducting Composite Polymer‐Based Solid‐State Electrolyte with High Ion Conductivity via Amorphous Condensed Structure and Multiple Li ⁺ Transport Channels. Small. 20(47). 2 indexed citations

Li, Da, E Peng, Yibo Shen, et al.. (2024). Nacre-inspired hierarchical framework enables tough and impact-monitoring epoxy nanocomposites. Composites Part B Engineering. 274. 111246–111246. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Zhenqi, Jingchun Huang, Junwen Wang, et al.. (2023). Co-hydrothermal carbonization of sludge and food waste for hydrochar valorization: Effect of mutual interaction on sulfur transformation. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167318–167318. 14 indexed citations

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Zhou, Peiling, et al.. (2023). Parenthood, spatial temporal environmental exposure, and leisure-time physical activity participation: Evidence from a micro-timescale retrospective longitudinal study. Health & Place. 85. 103170–103170. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yingying, Fei Lu, Lei Yang, et al.. (2023). Closed-Loop Recycling of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites Enabled by a Dual-Dynamic Cross-linked Epoxy Network. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(4). 1527–1539. 44 indexed citations

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Yuan, Weihao, Yibo Shen, Baolong Wang, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast Self-Healing Fiber/Matrix Composite with Single-Component Microcapsules Loaded with Cationic Catalyst. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(3). 2016–2025. 5 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhen, Baolong Wang, Fei Lu, et al.. (2022). γ-Ray-driven degradation of robust epoxy thermosets. Materials Horizons. 9(5). 1495–1502. 11 indexed citations

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Shen, Yibo, Baolong Wang, Yingying Liu, et al.. (2020). Imine or Secondary Amine-Derived Degradable Polyaminal: Low-Cost Matrix Resin with High Performance. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(4). 1943–1953. 50 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingsong, Wei Gao, Yan Chen, et al.. (2020). Pyrene‐fused Dibenzoazatetracenes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Photophysical Properties and their Morphologies. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10(1). 233–240. 7 indexed citations

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Islam, Md. Monarul, Zhen Hu, Qingsong Wang, Carl Redshaw, & Xing Feng. (2019). Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 3(5). 762–781. 291 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Zhen, Qing Shao, Yudong Huang, et al.. (2018). Light triggered interfacial damage self-healing of poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) fiber composites. Nanotechnology. 29(18). 185602–185602. 123 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhen, Dayu Zhang, Fei Lu, et al.. (2018). Multistimuli-Responsive Intrinsic Self-Healing Epoxy Resin Constructed by Host–Guest Interactions. Macromolecules. 51(14). 5294–5303. 212 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhen, Dayu Zhang, Long Yu, & Yudong Huang. (2017). Light-triggered C₆₀ release from a graphene/cyclodextrin nanoplatform for the protection of cytotoxicity induced by nitric oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(3). 518–526. 42 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhen, Cheng Wang, Feng Zhao, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of a graphene/C₆₀ nanohybrid via γ-cyclodextrin host–guest chemistry for photodynamic and photothermal therapy. Nanoscale. 9(25). 8825–8833. 83 indexed citations

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